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Australia sees deadliest day amid Covid resurgence
A total of 74 Covid-19 related deaths were reported in the country's three worst-hit states, including 36 from New South Wales (NSW), a record high number in a single day, reports Xinhua news agency.
Confrontation between major powers will have 'Catastrophic Consequences', warns Xi Jinping
President Jinping began the proceedings by projecting China’s handling of COVID pandemic as a rare success in terms of breaking the COVID infection chain as well as posting healthy economic growth rates in the past two years when the global economy has shrunk. China recently reported that its economy grew by 8.1 percent for the 2021-22 financial year which led to GDP expansion to USD 18 trillion
Texas' near-all abortion ban heads to state Supreme Court
The decision may significantly delay the case and keep the Republican-backed near-all abortion ban in effect since it could take months before the challenge returns to a federal court, or never, Xinhua news agency quoted local analysts as saying. "This decision now keeps the case in limbo -- and abortion after six weeks in the nation's second-largest state -- a dead-letter, indefinitely," Steve Vladeck, a University of Texas School of Law professor, tweeted.
South Korean Defence Minister stresses 'firm' readiness after Pyongyang missile launches
Suh made the call when he met with troops at the Army's 2nd Operations Command in Daegu, 302 km south of Seoul, and a radar operation unit of the command's 32nd Infantry Division in a central region, Yonhap News Agency quoted the Defence Ministry as saying. His trip followed four rounds of weapons tests by North Korea, including Monday's launch of what it calls tactical guided missiles, and a North Korean defector's flight to the North across the inter-Korean border earlier this month.
Too soon to say Omicron will end pandemic: Fauci
Speaking at the Davos Agenda virtual event on Monday, Fauci said that "natural vaccination", or immunity via previous infection, might not be as effective as some believe, the Daily Mail reported. Like Omicron, there is potential for a new variant to emerge in the future that can evade the natural immunity provided by infection from the new strain.
Israeli study shows 4th dose not enough against Omicron
According to experts at the Sheba Medical Centre, which launched a trial in December 2021 to test the efficacy of a fourth Covid shot, although the booster raises antibody levels, there are "still a lot of infections" among those who received it, The Times of Israel reported.
Taliban trying to 'erase' women From public life: UN experts
The experts on Monday said that large-scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls has been ongoing since the fall of the country to the Taliban last August, reports TOLO News.
Sri Lanka's dollar crisis leads to power crisis
Power Minster Gamini Lokuge told the media that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) management has been advised to start a discussion with the IOC to purchase furnace oil to generate power.
Antonio Guterres calls for talks toward denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
North Korea reportedly fired two short-range projectiles into eastern waters on Monday, the fourth launch in less than two weeks, reports Xinhua news agency.
Covid cases, deaths soar again at US nursing homes
Nursing homes reported a near-record of over 32,000 cases among residents in the week ending January 9, an almost sevenfold increase from a month earlier, Xinhua news agency reported citing the CDC data published on Monday.
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